Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-03

ever are in no wise discouraged, and will
push the work still further.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars have
been offered and refused for the Clarke
farm of 200 acres near Gilmore Forty
acres of Mart ms farm in the same neigh
borhood have been sold tor $12,O
=. An old gentleman named Ncwberrv,
ilvlng near Willow Springs, while labor
| ing under lit of insanity, drove off an
| embankmcnt and fell distance of sixty
feet. He is still suffering from mental
alteration
A Poverty Bell" was the social event
in Central City New Years eve, Par
ticipants were clad in ragged clothes and
n ragged fiddler sawed the breast bone
| off his "Cremona." 1t cost "a cents to
get in and 30 cents to fill up on Scraps"
90 a company has been Incorporated in
Kansas to build railroad from Nor tn
Platte, Ncb., viz Lakin to the south
west corner of the state, thence into the
coal fields of Colorado, and thence into
the Danhandle of Texas to TaScosa The
estimated length Is 500 miles. CAPITAL
stock, Sc, 00O.0 600.
Ira 2 rice and Miss Della Rempry were
married at lnman, Holt county. The
bride, after tweuty-tour hours experience,
concluded that matrimony was not the
seventh heaven she bargained for, shook
roof Ira has appealed to the courts to
compel his bride to live with him.
The admlring friends of IL III. Glover,
of Grand Island, have presented him
with picture of himself astride of an
angular broncho IN pursuit OF a Texas
stecr--a favorite amusement. The wild
affection OF the animals spinal whipsaw
is painfully depicted on Glovor's counte-
nance.
by the, end of the year final proof had
been made on IL, 900 acres of government
land in the northern half of Antelope
county before the clerk of the district
court at Neigh. This is equal to 100
farms of 1850 acres each. Final proof has
been made on about half that amount at
Niobrara, making Il total of 100 new
farms for the mouth half of the county
during the year 1886.
The complaint of certain land owners
living near Waterloo, Douglas county,
whose land was damaged by the over
flow caused by the embankment of the
Missouri Pacific, was investigated ny the
railroad commissioners, and that body
recommended that the embankmcnt be
removed and trestew ork be put in of
sufficient length to permit the free pas
sage of water. The road will accept the
recommendation and act upon it..
A good story is told of lady living on
West Harvey street A neighbors tur-
key mounted a tree back of her resi-
dencc. The bird appeared weary of life
and in condition to grease the pathway
OF inner man or woman. This is
messenger OF peace and good will, whis-
pered the lady to friend; "let's go out
bird from its slumbcrs when the owner
appeared at the fence. "Oh, MIR. -,
is that your turkoyg" "Yes, / believe it
is.' "Oh, / thought it was an eagle"
sighed the lady, and the back door
slammed on the scene.
A Burnett justice fined dozen men 81
and costs for card playing on Sunday.
This "reminiscences of the Blue laws is
parallel by case which recently hap.
men were fined $3 and costs each for a
Sunday offense. The Judge SAID he did
not make this statute, but administered
the law as he found it; that according to
the statute the playing of any game or
engaging in any diversion on Saturday
evening, without being duly licensed, is
just as much violation of law us If done
on the Lords day
A pair of fool footpads hailed a Ne
braska City printer ono evening last
week. The typo was not on familiar
terms with the 'centlcmcn of the road"
and politely informed them that they
were pair of geese" " hen, however,
they cached for his purse, he sweled
out with wrath and Indignation, danger
Gus fire klndIcd in his eyes and CLEAN
ing rule did duty as Il knife in the moon
light He slashed around with the fury
of a stage villain and compelled the foot
pads to fly for safety. I'm buzz saw
on strings and my name is Bill MC(hnty,"
shouted the typo to his departing guests.
An unfortunate occurrence and dis
play of brutal heartlessness occurred
lnnN INlr l.lct lion,
ncr went to town with a load of hogs.
leaving his wife in a critical condition
with several small children. Soon after
he was gone, realizing assistance and
protection necessary, the mother left her
children and started for her nearest
neighbor, about a mile distant. No one
being at home she started for the next
neighbor's, another mile away. Before
reaching there the dreaded crisis was
upon her. She took refuge in a chicken
house. Finally the cries of an infant
aroused the people in the house near by.
Rushing out, they carried the mother and
child into the house, summoned mid
wife and made them az comfortable as
possible. Soon after the husband came
along with bedding and insisted on tax.
ing his wife home. This being refused
aroused his anger, and abusing and APP
plying the vIlest epithets to everyone, he
scattered the bedding, clothing, etc,
broadcast over the prairie and returned
home alone.
Dakota.
Watertown has declared war On gam
blers.
A stock exchange Will be established at
Dcadwood.
The postoflice at Lead City was burned
last week and the postmaster lost 500.
The artesian well at st. Lawrence has
reached II depth of 800 feet, but the vein
has not yet been struck.
r. Justin was arrested at Rapid City
for jumping a $4,000 bond in Richland
county, Iowa, where he was under indict-
ment for embezzlcment.
Editor McManus, of the Rapid City Re.
| publican, was tho Christmas recipient of
| diamond scarf-pn of beautiful design
| and a gold headed cane, monogramed,
| from friends III California.
Iowa Items.
The total tax levy Of Ottumwa for 1856
| is 10 mills.
A new $4,000 school house is being
erected ut Missouri Valley.
| Dickinson county will pay in taxes the
coming year $4G, 966, of which $40, 55G will
| be for school purposes.